I believe it is the most underutilized loan program, but I can understand the fears of the unknown.

Despite the fear of this being my first project, how tedious this can be, cost etc. there’s one specific area that I want to do this with only I don’t really fear fixing one house and not being able to rent it because it’s next to another vacant as i plan to buy, fix and rent every rowhome on that block.

But again, you can’t pay for repairs with values.For what it’s worth, I know you said you’re opposed to leveraging your house for fear of a black swan event.

If you are an eligible individual for a solo 401k I would consider it over the LLC solely because you have similar access to the funds as you do with an LLC without the fear of having to justify being a manager of your IRA owned LLC and entering into a prohibited transaction.

The fear and uncertainty will disappear with knowledge and practice.

my fear is that if I just purchase under my name, it would be difficult to qualify since it was not purchased under an LLC?

If “limited buyers” is what you fear.

WITH that skill, well it will be obvious a PM has that skill set because they will never present you a problem without also having solutions or suggested solutions right along with it, because they don't fear the conflict and solve problems almost compulsively.  

.- Liability - always flows to the deepest pockets- Fear of regulation - regulatory bodies are gunning to take down short term rentals basically everywhere.

I attended every single local meet up I could make it to, networked with everyone I possibly could, but most importantly just got past the fear of failing and took massive action.